Distance from Istanbul to Los Angeles
Istanbul (Türkiye) and Los Angeles (United States) are 11,018 km apart — that's 6,846 miles or 5,949 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,018 km · 6,846 mi · 5,949 nmi
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Los Angeles
- 333° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → Istanbul
- 24° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 13 h 37 min
- Time zones
- Istanbul UTC+03:00 · Los Angeles UTC-08:00 (-11 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 576 min — the sun rises earlier in Istanbul
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Istanbul
- 41.0138, 28.9497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:44 UTC / 14:54 UTC
- Los Angeles
- 34.0522, -118.2437
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 14:20 UTC / 00:55 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.